Today, businesses and companies alike rely upon financial capital as the main resource for ensuring stability and driving business growth. The primary metrics for evaluating financial performance include measuring cash flow and determining profit on a monthly and yearly basis. Digging a little deeper there are a number of other specific key business performance indicators […]
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and GreenHome Institute hosted a joint open house at Odom Reusable Building Materials Grand Rapids on Thursday, September 22. This mixer will provide an opportunity for the organizations respective members and other interested parties to network and learn about renewable building materials.
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum hosted its September membership meeting at the 2016 Michigan Sustainability Conference (MiSCON) on Wednesday, September 14 at the Grand Valley State University Eberhard Center. The conference was a collaboration of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Roundtable and West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum. Featured speaker Eileen Gallagher, Senior […]
Did you know that in 2014, there was over $21 trillion (T) in global sustainability assets under management worldwide (1)? The amount of these investments has increased rapidly and now surpasses the debt levels of the United States! Moreover, were you aware that $1 out of every $6 invested in the U.S. during 2014 was […]
The 11th Annual Future Green Leaders Golf & River Outing last week at The Meadows at Grand Valley State University raised approximately $3,200 in funds to support local students and emerging professionals. See photos on Facebook here. Fortunate for all, this year’s outing had the weather cooperating, with clear sunny skies and warm temperatures from start to finish. During the event, 44 […]
All sectors including public, private, service, and academic organizations, are trying to address systemic sustainability issues and concerns within their own area and span of control. Many leaders of these organizations are asking why more collective progress that addresses these issues has not been achieved to date? The reasons are numerous and many times the […]
The July membership meeting at the Grand Rapids Community College Applied Technology Center featured a presentation on employee development and advancement efforts at Cascade Engineering, and an introduction to resources for workforce training by West Michigan Works! and GRCC Workforce Training. Cascade Engineering has distinguished itself as West Michigan’s most progressive employer, through innovative programs that provide access to meaningful, […]
Companies, organizations, and institutions alike across the private, public, and academic sectors, in many regions such as West Michigan, have all been on a sustainability journey for a number of years. The sustainability journey has gone through various phases including: creating awareness about sustainability; generating understanding about the meaning of sustainability; using the guiding principles […]
The Annual Meeting at the B.O.B. featured a forum on clean energy challenges and success stories highlighting insights on four signature projects involving WMSBF member organizations.
June 29, 2016 1:00 – 2:00 PM West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum recently partnered with the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to conduct a waste audit and economic analysis of the municipal solid waste stream in Michigan. The results of that initiative were recently published by WMSBF in the report titled Solid Waste Characterization and Valuation: Opportunities […]